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All posts for the month August, 2008

08/26 – Susan is living with that other guy when the season begins, but she and Mike are still legally married. The official divorce won’t be in effect for some time to come. Source: Kristin on E!Online

08/24 – [Jackson and Susan] met when she hired him to paint her house. […] Edie Britt doesn’t marry just anyone, so it’s a safe bet that her new hubby, Dave, has some special qualities. Chief among them: “He’s just so handsome,” kids [Neal] McDonough, 42, who plays the sucessful motivational speaker on a secret mission. According to McDonough, Edie has no idea of her husband’s shady past: “Dave has revenge on his mind, which you’ll see in the first episode.” [Marc] Cherry won’t say who Dave is out to get, or why. But, he reveals, “Dave is a low rent Tony Robiins who comes to Wisteria Lane very determined to be everyone’s best friend. And we don’t know if he married Edie just to move to the Lane.” […] “On Housewives, I make Edie realize through positive thinking that she doesn’t need to be so cutting all the time[,” reveals McDonough.] Dave will also bring music to Wisteria Lane as he and Tom Scavo form what McDonough calls a “Desperate Houseguys rock band” in Lynette’s garage. “I’m the drummer,” says McDonough, who’s been taking lessons for a month. “Orson plays the keyboard, Tom plays the bass, and Mike sings and plays lead guitar.” Source:TV Guide

07/20 – [Jackson] is far more into [Susan] than she is into him, “but then, over time, she softens a bit.” Source: TV Guide Online

07/20 – “We have a very funny reason why [Gabby] gets her appearance back together, about seven or eight episodes in,” [Marc Cherry says] Nicollette Sheridan (Edie) remains in the cast, to be joined by two newcomers: Neal McDonough as Dave, a new neighbor who introduces the season’s mystery arc; and Gale Harold as Jackson, Susan’s new beau, who kissed her in last season’s finale. “We’re going into their lives and we’re going to see why each of these women, much like in the pilot, are desperate and unhappy,” Cherry says, “for all sorts of different reasons.” Source: USA Today

07/20 – “We’ll get [Gabby] back to looking glamorous somewhere in the middle of the season,” [says Marc Cherry. … Teri] Hatcher says the five-year jump has made Susan less needy. “After years of being the kind of person who is like, ‘Please love me!,’ for many reasons that will be revealed over the new season, she’s now a person who’s closed off to love and not so searching and needy of it.” [… Someone asked] a question about the new man in Susan’s life, played by Gale Harold. “He’s an interesting, artsy guy,” says Cherry, “who’s very different from the previous man in her life.” […] Edie will return to Wisteria Lane “in a very surprising way,” Cherry teases. And what of the new man in her life, Neal McDonough? “He will be bringing the new mystery with him, and all I’m going to tell you is that he has revenge on his mind.” […] Cherry says Andrea Bowen and the rest of the show’s original, pre-flash-forward kids will return in flashbacks. […] “You will see Mike on the show,” Cherry says, “and it will be revealed what happened to Mike and Susan.” Source:The Ausiello Files

07/20 – Joshua Moore is set to play Parker, the oldest son of Tom and Lynette Scavo (Doug Savant and Felicity Huffman). Charles and Max Carver will play trouble-making twins Porter and Preston, respectively, and Kendall Applegate has signed on as Penny, the youngest child and only daughter. The three sons will now be teenagers, while the daughter is around 8 or 9 years old. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
07/12 – Neal McDonough is joining the cast of Desperate Housewives next season as a series regular. McDonough is coming on as a new love interest for Edie! Source:Michael Ausiello

07/12 – Wisteria Lane’s resident gay couple, Bob and Lee, will be back for year five and we’ll soon learn a lot more about the good-looking couple. Seems Bob has got some serious issues — like, seek professional help sort of issues — and it will all come out this season. Source: Zap2It’s Korbi TV

07/12 – Mike and Susan have joint custody of their son M.J. and that they seem to see each other quite frequently. Source: Kristin on E!Online

Episode 2.01:Summer, Kind of Wonderful (Season premiere)

08/26 – Jenny has been an intern for Blair’s mama, Eleanor, and she’s clearly moving on up because she’ll even make a surprise appearance at the infamous White Party. Source: Kristin on E!Online

08/25 – Thanks to The CW, I had the chance to watch the premiere. Here are a few tidbits I can add to the spoilers below: Because of his new dating habits, Gossip Girl gives Dan a new nickname: Playboy. The latter is unable to finish a story, which doesn’t suit well with his boss. Chuck tries to get Blair back but things will not go his way, especially when he can’t say the words Blair needs to hear from him. Blair learns the truth about her new boyfriend James. Let’s say it’s a fairtale ending… for now. Jenny and Eric patch things up. The renewed friendship will help Jenny get revenge on her boss. Rufus is still on tour. Dan and Serena have a heart to heart. Source: SpoilerFix.com

08/24 – As the summer draws to a close in the Hamptons, Serena and Nate have everyone fooled into thinking they are a couple to cover up the fact that Nate has been hooking up with a married older woman (guest star [Madchen] Amick) and Serena has been secretly mourning her break-up with Dan. Blair returns from abroad with a hot guy on her arm (guest star Patrick Heusinger), making a very jealous Chuck question his decision to leave Blair stranded at the heliport. Dan has spent the summer assisting a famous author (guest star [Jay] McInerney), but decides to head to the Hamptons to see how things stand with Serena after a summer spent apart. While interning for Eleanor Waldorf’s company, Jenny sneaks an invite to a much-coveted Hamptons’ White Party at which Eric introduces her to socialite Tinsley Mortimer. Matthew Settle also stars. Source: The CW

07/20 – Nate gets involved with Catherine Mason, a confident woman in her late 30s. She used to be a model and is now a Upper East Side wife. The episode also features 18-year-old Marcus Beaton, a British man with a royal upbringing, and Sebastian Harris, a 40-year-old renowned author. Source: SpoilerFix.com

07/20 – Blair and Chuck back together? Year, right. In [an] Hamptons-set party scene [… they talk] about the love that cannot be. The two will, however, resume their usual bickering: “There’s going to be a lot of insults and evil plans.” Source:TV Guide

07/20 – In the season premiere, the kids go to the Hamptons, Serena and Dan reconsider their breakup and Blair uses a new guy to make Chuck jealous. […] Inside sources are spilling on the latest romantic entanglements on Gossip Girl’s Upper East Side, including news that the show’s original golden couple, Nate and Blair, aren’t reconciling any time soon-thanks to a certain new cougar who’s ready to pounce. This pretty (older) kitty is none other than Mädchen Amick, who, according to CW insiders, will appear in the season premiere on Sept. 1 and is expected to hang around for four or five episodes. Word is, Mädchen is heavily involved in Nate’s storylines and also has “a surprising connection to another new character on the show.” Source: Kristin on E!Online

Episode 2.02: Never Been Marcused

Airdate: September 8, 2008

08/28 – Blair is over the moon that she is dating royalty and has every intention of becoming a royal herself, but a scheming Chuck has other plans for Blair and hew new love, Marcus (guest star Patrick Heusinger). Serena and Dan agree to keep their recent hook-ups a secret from their friends and family until they figure out what all this means for their relationship. Meanwhile, Nate learns the downside to having an affair with a hot older woman, Catherine (guest star Madchen Amick), who also happens to be married. Source: The CW

08/27 – Thanks to The CW, I had the chance to watch this episode. Here are some spoilers I can reveal: The episode starts the morning after Episode 2.01. Serena and Dan want to “think” about their relationship before officially getting back together. Blair wants to learn more about her new boyfriend. She even throws a boring grown-up party in the hope he’ll see she’s serious enough to meet his parents. Let’s say the party gets interesting when his mother shows up… Rufus is back from his tour but he is pondering going back on the road. Vanessa tries to reconnect, even if just as a friend, with Nate but the latter is too busy for her. Source: SpoilerFix.com

07/20 – Good news: Serena and Dan are hooking up in episode two. Bad news: They so are not long for this world. Source: Kristin on E!Online